"When I first came into the league, it was like, Whatever goes.' It was more of that oldschool, just beathimup' football. Not wanting to hurt anybody, but show how tough you were. Back in the day, it was like if you come out (of a game) with (a) slight concussion, then you weren't giving it all for your team," Buffalo Bills linebacker Andra Davis said.Imagine in rugby your running with the ball and you take shoulder to ribs. Ouch, right? Now imagine you take that same shoulder to your unprotected ribs (95% of football players do not wear ribpads)except that this time shoulder is covered by hard plastic. Which is worse? Now imagine that someone wearing a motorcycle helmet runs into you fullspeed, headfirst into your unprotected ribs.

Pit. (1/22). Only one of four collegiate players since 1996 to record doubledigit career interceptions (11) while scoring at least five touchdowns on interception returns.Since his rookie season, Gates leads tight ends in touchdown ca